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Real or fake hardwood?

Would you recommend one of the other, and why? Our handyman says get fake- it is easy to install and clean. Yet on the househunting shows I watch, they only want real. But I've read in this group about real showing wear and being a major task to refinish. But my husband says, but at least you can refinish real. So I don't know what to do now.

It depends. In our old house- we put in top end laminate (fake) hardwoods- and it was gorgeous. I loved it. Our current house has real hardwoods that we're never properly cared for and look awful- we will likely have to replace them. (you can only refinish "real" so many times). I know there are cheap fake floors that look- well- cheap, but that isn't always the case.

I say go with the fake stuff. My parents put pergo flooring in over 10 yrs ago and its still fine. its kid and animal resistant. We had 2 dogs and multiple cats throughout the years. its easy to put down also. It just snaps together. To me it doesn't look cheap.

I dont know.. My mom has real and it looks awful.. My aunt and uncle have fake and its beautiful. You'd never know its fake.. My Uncle is an architec and he says he would NEVER put real hardwood in a new home..

Thank you for the replies. My grandfather and uncle were carpenters and put in some beautiful hardwood floors, so I keep thinking that I must be crazy for considering fake. But on the other hand, my kitchen floor is fake tile congoleum or whatever it is called, and I like it well enough.

NO!!! I hate laminate flooring. When we bought the house we're in now it has light wood laminate flooring. It scratches really easy and it was badly put in wrong. With our house it is not on concret..raised underneath. Well, you bring heavy furniture in it bubbles up! I can't stand it!!!

Oh and very hard to keep clean...especially the light colored. I could almost sweep and mop every day if I had too. especially with pets.

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